The Florida Legislature has approved a controversial bill that would allow some family members to pursue medical malpractice ...

Patients may be receiving test results or seeing physician clinical notes before a provider has the opportunity to review ...

These types of mistakes are often described as “never events,” a term first coined in 2002 to refer to preventable medical ...

A Georgia doctor has settled his $30 million defamation case against NBC over its reporting of allegations that he performed unnecessary hysterectomies on detained immigrants.

Birthing units require a team that includes a surgeon and an OB-GYN who can perform C-sections ... and most midwives work independently from hospitals. Malpractice insurance costs make it ...

Des Moines OB-GYN Kaaren Oleson speaks out against a proposed bill that ... Low Medicaid reimbursements, unfavorable malpractice laws and limited physician discretion, for instance, can drive ...

Ensure that the insurance policies covered are listed in the contract (whether it is disability and/or malpractice). If the malpractice insurance provided is “claims-made,” discuss and ...

There was no population-level ob/gyn exodus away from abortion-restrictive states post-Roe. Ties to patients and local community and the significant effort and disruption associated with ...

It wasn’t until she had read about it in the newspaper that a former patient said she realized she too had been victimized by a well-known OB-GYN doctor. “I got goosebumps because everything I ...

The aim of fluoridation is to prevent tooth decay, especially in kids. HealthDay News — Florida state lawmakers have approved a bill to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, a ...